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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"The Hawks think Crawford will be ready to be Nikolai Khabibulin's backup next season and play 25-30 games. "His preparation and approach are solid," (GM Dale) Tallon said. "He's right on schedule." That schedule would include Crawford possibly being the No. 1 guy in 2009-10. "He's big, strong and has tremendous desire," Tallon said. "He doesn't let a lot of things bother him." The one thing the Hawks have yet to see from Crawford is a deep playoff run in the AHL." (Tim Sassone, The Hockey News Future Watch 2008, p. 30)

"The Blackhawks' decision to stick with Corey Crawford (30-17-7, 2.72, .903) and Ray Emery (15-9-4, 2.81, .900) was a mild surprise. At best, Crawford's season was mediocre in 2011-12. He even said he needed to improve. His postseason save percentage was .893." (Kevin Allen, USA Today Sports Weekly, January 16, 2013, p. 34)

TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by Chicago Blackhawks in second round (52nd overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 21, 2003.

Signed to three-year entry level contract with Blackhawks, July 8, 2005.

Resigned as restricted free agent to one-year contract with Blackhawks, July 21, 2008.

Resigned to two-year contract by Chicago, July 6, 2009.

Signed to three-year contract extension with Blackhawks, May 19, 2011.

Signed six-year, $36.0 million contract extension with Blackhawks, September 2, 2013. Crawford signed the extension during his day with the Stanley Cup, and Cup keeper Phil Pritchard tweeted the news of the signing.

ACCOLADES:

Named Quebec Major Junior Hockey League "Ford" Defensive Player of the Year, 2003-04.

Named to Quebec Major Junior Hockey League All-Star Second Team, 2003-04.

Named to Quebec Major Junior Hockey League All-Star Second Team, 2004-05.

Member of Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, 2012-13.

FIRSTS:

Corey made his National Hockey League debut on January 22, 2006, at the United Center in Chicago. Recalled from AHL Norfolk to replace an injured Nikolai Khabibulin, Crawford began the game as the Blackhawks' dressed backup for their game against the visiting Minnesota Wild. However, starter Adam Munro was ineffective, prompting Chicago head coach Trent Yawney to replace him. Crawford played well in stopping all seven shots he faced, and the Blackhawks climbed back from a 3-0 deficit before losing 3-2. "Crawford was awesome for a kid that was thrown in there," remarked Yawney after the game.

Corey's first National Hockey League victory and first National Hockey League shutout came on March 5, 2008, when the Chicago Blackhawks hosted the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks. Crawford stopped nineteen shots in the 3-0 win. "The guys played awesome tonight. They didn't get any second shots and I saw the puck the whole game," said Crawford. Crawford faced his toughest challenge late in the second period, making a shoulder save on Scott Niedermayer's shot form the slot with 2:20 remaining. While shorthanded, Crawford stopped Teemu Selanne's initial shot followed by Ryan Getzlaf's rebound attempt from close range with fiveseconds remaining.

INJURIES:

Left game with upper-body injury, February 28, 2013. Crawford left the game after the first period, and ultimately shared a shutout with Ray Emery.

Left game with lower-body injury, December 8, 2013. 13:45 into the first period, Crawford pushed off to move left to right across the crease, making a right pad save to deny Marcel Goc's wrist shot from the low slot. He dropped to the ice and was unable to get up on his own, replaced by Antti Raanta for the remainder of the 6-2 Chicago win. "I haven't talked to the [doctors], but I don't think it's too serious. When it's a goalie, it's a little more serious than other players because of how important he is to our team," said Chicago coach Joel Quenneville after the game.

Suffered upper body injury, October 2014. Crawford played on October 19, but did not dress for the Blackhawks' next game on October 21, with Scott Darling recalled to back up Antti Raanta.

Announced lower-body injury, December 3, 2014. Per Crawford, the injury occurred at a concert a few days prior. "I was at a concert the other day and was on the way out and missed a step. I didn't think it was that bad. I got up the next day, and it was worse than I thought. I'm pretty embarrassed about it, frustrated. Things were going really well. Right now, I'm just thinking about trying to get back as quickly as possible and make sure I'm right back where I was when I left off."

NHL PENALTY SHOTS:

DATE

SHOOTER

GOAL?

NOTES

01/02/2011

Teemu Selanne

N

03/05/2011

Mikhail Grabovski

N

04/26/2011

Alexandre Burrows

N

postseason

10/28/2011

Eric Staal

N

12/28/2011

Mike Richards

N

01/24/2013

Ryan Garbutt

N

10/22/2013

Jonathan Huberdeau

N

11/10/2013

Sam Gagner

N

11/29/2013

Alex Chiasson

N

12/03/2013

Antoine Roussel

Y

01/11/2015

Jason Zucker

N

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

DATE

DEC

OPPONENT

GF

GA

02/02/2006

L

St. Louis

1

2

Jay McClement

Dennis Wideman

Lee Stempniak

01/07/2011

W

Ottawa

2

0

Alexei Kovalev

Daniel Alfredsson

01/15/2011

L

Nashville

0

1

Marcel Goc

Martin Erat

02/12/2011

L

Phoenix

0

1

Shane Doan

Radim Vrbata

Ray Whitney

02/20/2011

W

Pittsburgh

1

0

Pascal Dupuis

Kris Letang

Tyler Kennedy

02/27/2011

W

Phoenix

1

0

Scottie Upshall

Radim Vrbata

Kyle Turris

03/09/2011

L

Tampa Bay

0

1

Vincent Lecavalier

Steven Stamkos

Martin St. Louis

04/01/2011

W

Columbus

1

0

Maksim Mayorov

Tomas Kubalik

Jakub Voracek

10/15/2011

L

Boston

0

1

Tyler Seguin

Patrice Bergeron

10/22/2011

L

Colorado

0

1

Milan Hejduk

Matt Duchene

Joakim Lindstrom

10/25/2011

W

Anaheim

2

1

Corey Perry

Teemu Selanne

Ryan Getzlaf

11/03/2011

W

Florida

1

0

Tomas Kopecky

Marcel Goc

Tomas Fleischmann

12/02/2011

W

NY Islanders

1

0

Frans Nielsen

Nido Nieterreiter

Matt Moulson

03/13/2012

W

St. Louis

1

0

T.J. Oshie

Andy McDonald

David Perron

03/27/2012

L

New Jersey

1

2

Ilya Kovalchuk

Zach Parise

Patrik Elias

David Clarkson

Travis Zajac

03/29/2012

W

St. Louis

1

0

David Perron

T.J. Oshie

Alexander Steen

Patrik Berglund

04/05/2012

L

Minnesota

0

1

Erik Christensen

Mikko Koivu

Devin Setoguchi

04/07/2012

W

Detroit

1

0

Pavel Datsyuk

Jiri Hudler

Todd Bertuzzi

01/30/2013

L

Minnesota

1

2

Zach Parise

Mikko Koivu

Matt Cullen

02/01/2013

L

Vancouver

0

1

Alexandre Burrows

Zack Kassian

Maxim Lapierre

Jordan Schroeder

02/12/2013

L

Anaheim

1

2

Nick Bonino

Corey Perry

03/03/2013

W

Detroit

1

0

Pavel Datsyuk

Damien Brunner

Henrik Zetterberg

03/14/2013

W

Columbus

2

1

Artem Anisimov

Ryan Johansen

Derick Brassard

04/01/2013

W

Nashville

2

1

Patric Hornqvist

Craig Smith

David Legwand

Sergei Kostitsyn

Taylor Beck

04/04/2013

L

St. Louis

3

4

Chris Stewart

Andy McDonald

David Perron

Alexander Steen

Vladimir Tarasenko

Kevin Shattenkirk

04/12/2013

W

Detroit

2

1

Pavel Datsyuk

Henrik Zetterberg

Damien Brunner

Gustav Nyquist

Johan Franzen

04/20/2013

L

Phoenix

1

2

Mikkel Boedker

Radim Vrbata

David Schlemko

10/05/2013

L

Tampa Bay

0

1

Valtteri Filppula

Victor Hedman

10/15/2013

W

Carolina

1

0

Nathan Gerbe

Alexander Semin

Jeff Skinner

10/17/2013

L

St. Louis

0

1

T.J. Oshie

Alexander Steen

10/22/2013

W

Florida

2

0

Jonathan Huberdeau

Brad Boyes

11/14/2013

W

Phoenix

2

1

Antoine Vermette

Radim Vrbata

Mikkel Boedker

Mike Ribeiro

11/29/2013

W

Dallas

2

1

Jamie Benn

Tyler Seguin

Rich Peverley

Alex Chiasson

Shawn Horcoff

Ray Whitney

Cody Eakin

Ryan Garbutt

Vernon Fiddler

Jordie Benn

Valeri Nichushkin

01/05/2014

L

San Jose

0

2

Logan Couture

Joe Pavelski

01/19/2014

W

Boston

2

1

Ryan Spooner

Patrice Bergeron

Brad Marchand

01/22/2014

L

Detroit

2

3

Tomas Tatar

Patrick Eaves

Todd Bertuzzi

Henrik Zetterberg

Tomas Jurco

Darren Helm

02/01/2014

L

San Jose

1

3

Joe Pavelski

Patrick Marleau

Joe Thornton

04/03/2014

W

Minnesota

1

0

Zach Parise

Mikko Koivu

Jason Pominville

10/09/2014

W

Dallas

1

0

Jason Spezza

Tyler Seguin

Ales Hemsky

11/11/2014

W

Tampa Bay

1

0

Ryan Callahan

Nikita Kucherov

Steven Stamkos

12/20/2014

L

Columbus

1

2

Cam Atkinson

Ryan Johansen

Nick Foligno

Matt Calvert

Jeremy Morin

Kevin Connauton

Brandon Dubinsky

Alexander Wennberg

Jack Johnson

12/29/2014

W

Nashville

1

0

Ryan Ellis

Craig Smith

Filip Forsberg

01/21/2015

W

Pittsburgh

2

0

David Perron

Sidney Crosby

02/15/2015

W

Pittsburgh

3

2

David Perron

Sidney Crosby

Kris Letang

02/18/2015

L

Detroit

1

2

Pavel Datsyuk

Gustav Nyquist

Tomas Tatar

DID YOU KNOW?

Corey was ejected from the February 24, 2007 American Hockey League contest against the Hartford Wolf Pack for fighting fellow goaltender Al Montoya.

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